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JOHN S. BRADY, OF WILKES-BABRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application filed April 5,

To all whom e't may concern:

Be it known that I, JoI-IN S. BRADY, a citizen of the United States, residing at VVilkes-Barre, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Wash ing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thisinvention relates to an improvement in washing machines, and more particularly to washing machines used for washing very dirty clothes or material.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for eliminating dirt and sediment from the water which is brought into immediate contact with the clothes or other materials being washed and to provide a set-- tling or quiet water compartment in such a machine in which precipitation can more rapidly occur. Further objects will more particularly appear in the course of the following detailed description.

This invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combinations of parts as hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Two sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof, in which-like reference characters indicate similar parts throughout.

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of a washing machine embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section showing my auxiliary container in eleva tion;

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section through my auxiliary container, and

Fig. {l is a vertical sectional view showing the application of my invention to a plunger type washing machine.

In accordance with my present invention. I place in the ordinary container A of a washing machine which is provided with the ordinary clothes cylinder B, a supplemeir tary or auxiliary container C which is pro l erably of semi-cylindrical form as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, but which may be of any desired shape, it being illustrated in Fig. 4 as rectangular. This auxiliary container C is held in spaced relation with re gard to the walls of the main container A by means of lugs or brackets 3, providing 1922. Serial No. 549,751.

a space 9 between the two containers. The auxiliary container is provided adjacent the top of each end with a screened overflow opening 41- below which are arranged a plu-- W rality of different sizes of openings 5 all of which may be closed except the one desired, by means of discs 7 mounted interiorally as by screws 6.

In operation, water is placed in the machine to the usual height which would be normally the height of the screen overflow openings 4. Upon the rotation of the clothes cylinder B or the operation of the plungers D as the case might be. the water within the auxiliary container 0 is violently agitated and flushed up over the upper edge of the auxiliary container C. The water in the space 9 will remain, however, comparatively quiet so that the dirty water being continuously flushed over the edge of the container C will gradually mix with the relatively quiet water in space 9 permitting the dirt, grit and sediment to settle in the bottom of the machine. A return current of water from the space 9 may be permitted as desired,,through the openings 5 which may be adjusted as desired, depending upon the amount of dirt and sediment in the wa ter.

Modifications in the precise shape and ar rangement of the parts will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, but all within the scope of the present inven tion.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

1. In a washing machine, the combination of a container, an auxiliary container of lesser depth than the main container, said auxiliary container being mounted concentrically within the main container in spaced relation therewith and provided with a plurality of end ports or openings of difiierent sizes and means for closing all of the openings except the one desired.

2. In a washing machine. the combinatioi'i of a container, an auxiliary container of lesser depth than the main container, said auxiliary container being mounted within the main container in spaced relation there to, and provided with a plurality of ports or openings of difierent sizes in its opposite ends and adjustable means for closing all of the openings except the one desired. 110

In testimony whereof I affix my'signature.

JOHN S. BRADY. 

